Vietnam

This factsheet by the Southern Regional Aquaculture Center (SRAC) gives information on diseases of concern in molluscan aquaculture.

Catfish farmers in Vietnams Mekong River Delta are barely scraping by. They operate on the tightest of profit margins 3% to 5% in a good year and deal with a highly volatile, boom-and-bust export market. For an industry thats already on the brink, could the ad…

The Asian region is a major supplier of fish products to the EU market. Over the period 2005-2010 in particular, the aquaculture sector in some Asian countries became an important producer as well as exporter of whitefish and shrimps, according to information …

Lethargic Crab Disease (LCD) has caused significant mortalities in the population of Ucides cordatus crabs in the Mucuri estuary in Bahia State, Brazil, and has brought social and economic problems to many crabharvesting communities that depend on this natural…

Meiotic maps are a key tool for comparative genomics and association mapping studies. Meredith V. Everett, James E Seeb, University of Washington, and Michael R Miller, University of Oregon, look at the development of meiotic maps of sockeye salmon which are d…

This article by authors from the University of Padova, Italy, looks at the first evidence of immunomodulation in bivalves under seawater acidification and increased temperature.

In a study led by R. Robles, Centro Tecnolgico de la Acui, Spain, the performance of gilthead sea bream juveniles fed diets with no fishmeal was compared to that of bream fed diets with 30 or 10 per cent fishmeal. Taken from the Global Aquaculture Advocate (Se…

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming Pike-perch.

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming Japanese sea cucumber.

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming Japanese carpet shell.

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming Indo-Pacific swamp crab.

This practical manual is produced by the Philippines national team under the ASEAN Foundation supported project "Strengthening capacity of small holder ASEAN aquaculture farmers for competitive and sustainable aquaculture" implemented by NACA in five ASEAN cou…

Climate change is a reality and it will affect aquaculture. Sena S. De Silva of Deakin University, Australia discusses the challenges that climate change poses for aquaculture.

This article, from the FAO's "The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2012" report, looks at the history and importance of how rice and fish farming can be combined, and also how it promotes enhanced food production and wealth.